O’Donovan Selected for World Youth Championships

AAI squads have been announced for the World Youth Championships, European Juniors, and European U-23 Championships.  Darren O’Donovan of Leevale was rewarded for his fine form of late with selection for the World Youth Championships to be held in Hungary later this month.  The squads for each championship are listed below:

WORLD YOUTH CH’SHIPS SQUAD 
Debrecen, Hungary, July 12-15

Boys: 
D Ward           Tallaght 
D O’Donovan    Leevale 
E Leen            Tralee 
C O’Connell     Killygowan 
M Christie       Mullingar 
A McCormack DSD 
T Chamney     Clonmel 
D Graham       Inbhearr Dee 
L McDermid    Glasgow 
P White          DSD
Girls: 
K Palmer      Enniskillen 
C Kearns      Celbridge 
J Cuddihy     Kilkenny 
E Jackson    Navan 
R Akers        Clare 
A McNeill      Dundrum 
M Crowe       Bansha 
H Murphy      DSD 
E Kinnear      Antrim 
S Monaghan  Fr Murphy’s
EUROPEAN JUNIORS SQUAD 
Grosetto, Italy, July 19-22C Griffin        Ballinamore 
J Cuddihy     Kilkenny 
D Ryan         DSD 
D McCarthy  Leixlip 
D Kelly         DSD 
D Campbell   Maynooth 
D Byrne        Inbhearr Dee
EUROPEAN U-23 CH’SHIPS SQUAD 
Amsterdam, July 12-15T Coman      Templemore AC 
M Howard     Fingallians AC 
C Sweeney   St Malachy’s College 
G Turnbull    St Malachy’s College 
AM Larkin    Tullamore Harriers 
M McCarthy  Dublin City Harriers 
C Sheehy     Dublin City Harriers 
E Maher       Kilkenny City Harriers 
E O’Keefe     Kilkenny City Harriers 
D O’Rourke   Leevale 
A Byrne        Dundrum South Dublin 
R McGettigan Wicklow